Iwein | grôze | unhövescheit | | great | uncourtly deeds |
4920 | in | wâren | aller | hande | cleit | | (on) them | were | all | manner of | clothing |
| ze | den | zîten | vremde | | at | this | time | lacking |
| niuwan | diu | bœsten | hemde | | except | the | meanest | shirts |
4923 | diu | ie | küchenkneht | getruoc | | which | ever | a kitchen boy | wore |
| sî | treip | ein | getwerc | daz | sî | sluoc | | them | drove | a | dwarf | who | them | was striking |
| mit | sîner | geiselruoten | | with | a | whip |
4926 | daz | sî | über | al | bluoten | | (so) that | they | over | all | were bleeding |
| die | herren | riten | ungeschuoch | | the | lords | rode | barefooted |
| ir | hemde | was | ein | sactuoch | | (their) | shirts | were | _ | (of) sackcloth |
4929 | gezerret | swarz | unde | grôz | | torn | dirty | and | coarse |
| die | edelen | rîter | wâren | blôz | | the | noble | knights | were | bare |
| an | beinen | unde | an | armen | | on (their) | legs | and | _ | arms |
4932 | den | gast | begunde | erbarmen | | the | guest | _ | moved to compassion |
| diu | grôze | nôt | die | sî | liten | | the | great | distress | which | they | suffered |
| ir | pfärit | wâren | diu | sî | riten | | their | horses | were | which | they | rode |
4935 | tôtmager | und | vil | kranc | | emaciated | and | very | weak |
| ir | ietwederz | strûchte | und | hanc | | (of) them | each | stumbled | and | limped |
| die | vüeze | wâren | in | unden | | (their) | feet | were | (on) them | under |
4938 | zesamene | gebunden | | _ | tied together |
| und | die | hende | vaste | | and | (their) | hands | tightly |
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